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    Question about genuine motor mounts...can someone confirm that all new oem mounts have BMW logo (just like my original do)? I just purchased OEM mounts for a lot more than aftermarket ones. Store sold me not only wrong part numbers but what looks like none genuine items. I will be returning these due to the wrong part but how can one make sure that mounts are OEM? I've read that OEM worth their money vs cheap aftermarket ones. Prices range from $9 for aftermarket to $80 for OEM units. Just want to make sure I get what I pay for.
    Also are there any good brands in the aftermarket category?

    I'm trying to locate 11811132322 as I'm reading they are HD version of11811132323. Is this correct?

    Thank you all

    #2
    based on Realoem,

    11811132322 came on:

    5' E12   (06/1973 — 07/1981)
    2.5CS-3.0CSL   (12/1968 — 11/1975)
    6' E24   (10/1975 — 04/1989)
    2500-3.3Li   (08/1968 — 02/1977)
    M1 E26   (06/1980 — 07/1981)

    and 11811132323 came on

    3' E21   (03/1977 — 10/1982)
    3' E30   (01/1982 — 01/1993)
    5' E12   (03/1977 — 06/1981)

    google images suggests they are pretty much the same shape.

    So given the cars that 11811132322 came on, i guess its not unreasonably to think that maybe they would be more heavy duty than the 11811132323.

    11811132322 does seem to be a fair bit more expensive based on some searches.

    also remember that just cause you ordered it from BMW doesnt mean it was made by BMW. Plenty of OEM parts were supplied by other companies. So i wouldnt expect the bmw logo on ever part.

    for what its worth ive put aftermarket mounts in my car, Miele or whatever the aftermarket brand is, they work fine? perhaps if it was a full blown track car and i was slamming gears all day they might not last as long as oem, but for general driving, no dramas?

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      #3
      xxxxxx322 are m30 mounts that are supposed to be HD, dont buy shit brand ones
      89 E30 325is Lachs Silber - currently M20B31, M20B33 in the works, stroked to the hilt...

      new build thread http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=317505

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        #4
        A followup and answer my own question: yes, Real BMW engine mounts WILL have BMW logo on it, regardless what manufactures made it for BMW. If you've ordered genuine engine mounts, look for BMW logo. I was sold aftermarket mounts as genuine BMW ones first. Returned under suspension of being fake and ordered another set from somewhere else. They finally came in: BMW logos molded into them, typical BMW packaging labels......quality is night and day difference....just by looking and squeezing them by hand.
        Aftermarket ones are full of soft spots/pockets/bulges in the rubber here and there. Genuine mounts have very uniform rubber compound and appear to be of much much better quality

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